Potential Collaboration between Ehime University and NIMBB – University of the Philippines Diliman

​Dr. Kozo Watanabe, head of the Molecular Ecology and Health (MEcoH) Laboratory, Ehime University (EU), together with Dr. Yasutsugu Suzuki (Project Associate Professor) and Ms. Irish Coleen Asin (PhD candidate) from the same laboratory visited the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB), University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman), Quezon City, Philippines last October 10, 2022. 

MEcoH Lab visits NIMBB. From L-R: Dr. Kozo Watanabe, Ms. Irish Coleen Asin, Dr. Yasutsugu Suzuki

MEcoH lab meets Functional Genomics Lab of NIMBB. From L-R: Dr. Suzuki, Dr. Thaddeus Carvajal, Ms. Asin, Dr. Watanabe, Dr. Ma. Anita Bautista, Ms. Almira Cleofe, Mr. Aldwin Adiong, Ms. Adria Gabrielle Lao, Mr. John Michael Egana, Ms. Coleen Pangilinan, Mr. Rijo Mantaring

​The representatives from Ehime University as well as Dr. Thaddeus Carvajal, Associate Professor at De La Salle University, met with Dr. Ma. Anita Bautista, Professor and Principal Investigator of the Functional Genomics Laboratory (FGL) of NIMBB-UP Diliman, for a talk on possible future collaboration between Ehime University and NIMBB. Also present in the meeting were Ms. Adria Lao (PhD candidate), Ms. Coleen Pangilinan (MSc candidate), and Mr. Aldwin Adiong (BSc candidate) of FGL-NIMBB who have presented their past and current research works on mosquito viral metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. Overall, this kick-off meeting provided an opportunity to build good rapport from both sides, and to set out and discuss various areas for collaborative work on mosquito research projects.

Kick-off meeting at the NIMBB - UP Diliman.

Dr. Kozo Watanabe introduces Ehime University and the MEcoH lab to NIMBB.

Dr. Bautista shares her ongoing and future research projects on mosquito-borne diseases.

​Dr. Watanabe, Dr. Suzuki, and Ms. Asin have also been a given a tour of the facilities of NIMBB as well as the University of the Philippines System – Philippine Genome Center during this fruitful visit.

Tour of the laboratories of NIMBB.

Tour of the laboratories of NIMBB.

Introduction of UP - Philippine Genome Center by Dr. Benedict Maralit.

Tour of the DNA Sequencing Core Facility of UP-PGC by Dr. Maralit.

Tour of the Core Facility for Bioinformatics of UP - PGC by Dr. Jan Michael Yap.

MEcoH Lab tours UP-PGC. From L-R: Ms. Asin, Dr. Maralit of PGC, Dr. Watanabe, and Dr. Suzuki